Official Press Kit

New Movement Collaborative
presents

The 3rd annual Lion’s Jaw performance + dance festival

FACT/PRESS SHEET:

WHAT:

New Movement Collaborative presents the 3rd annual Lion’s Jaw.Lion’s Jaw is a Boston-based performance + dance festival founded in 2016 that assembles a group of national choreographers, performers, educators + students to study, perform + create together for duration in an intensive environment.
Every day for 5 days, from 9am until 10pm, Lion’s Jaw will run daily classes, labs + research inside a dedicated space. The festival strives to build an environment that fosters risk, rigor + rebellion, the exchange of ideas, inter-disciplinary exploration + the training necessary to provide dance-artists with tools + pathways into new ways of engaging with dance as both research + performance.

Please see our staff page for more information on the amazing people helping us with both NMC and the 2017 Festival.

[Performances]

There will be 1 semi-formal group evening performance for attendees of the festival as well as 2 performances open to the public.
Public performances will be located at Green Street Studios in Cambridge on Friday October 5th + Saturday October 6th. Showtimes are at 8:00pm. Tickets available at the door + online. Online ticketing for performances available August 15th.

FESTIVAL DETAILS:

WHEN:

WHERE:

Green Street Studios, 185 Green Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

WHY:

By bringing together some of the U.S. + Boston’s most exciting dance-artists to teach, engage + perform locally this festival brings new energy + rigor to Boston through an event built by artists for artists. Through 5 intensive + experimental days we will discover + build + share together.